袁州仰山慧寂禪師語錄 1.14

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師在溈山前坡牧牛次，見一僧上山不久便下來。師乃問：「上座何不且留山中？」僧云：「祇為因緣不契。」師云：「有何因緣？試舉看。」僧云：「和尚問某名甚麼，某答『歸真』。和尚云：『歸真何在？』某甲無對。」師云：「上座却回，向和尚道：『某甲道得也。』和尚問：『作麼生道？』但云：『眼裏、耳裏、鼻裏。』」僧回，一如所教。溈山云：「脫空謾語漢，此是五百人善知識語。」

While the Master was herding cattle on the slope in front of Guishan, he saw a monk go up the mountain and come down shortly after. The Master asked, "Why does the sthavira not stay on the mountain for a while?" The monk said, "Merely because the conditions did not accord." The Master said, "What conditions were there? Try raising them for me to see." The monk said, "The upādhyāya asked what my name was; I replied, 'Guizhen' [Return to Truth]. The upādhyāya said, 'Where is returning to truth?' I had no response." The Master said, "Sthavira, go back and say to the upādhyāya: 'I have found the words.' When the upādhyāya asks, 'How do you say it?' just say: 'In the eyes, in the ears, in the nose.'" The monk returned and did exactly as taught. Guishan said, "Empty, deceitful fellow! These are the words of a good friend to five hundred people."